Police find swimmer in Lake Del Valle who went missing

Rescuers late Saturday found a man who went missing for a couple of hours after taking a swim at a regional park lake in Alameda County, police said.

The 24-year-old male was taken to an undisclosed hospital but did not have any serious injuries, East Bay Regional Parks police confirmed. Authorities found the man in Lake Del Valle at 10:51 p.m., about two hours after concerned friends told police the man indicated he was going in the lake. The friends told police the man did not know how to swim.

Lake Del Valle is located about five miles south of Livermore in Del Valle Regional Park.

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